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It started with a single simple case of nepotism. But an investigation by the state Executive Inspector General’s office shows a much more pervasive problem of preferential hiring practices and a startling lack of hiring policy within the division of the Department of Corrections tasked with keeping prisons safe and investigating alleged misconduct within the agency.
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Federal prosecutors in Peoria say a Texas man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison on child pornography charges involving more than 40 girls in eight…
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Former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has reduced the 75-year prison sentence for a central Illinois man convicted in 1996 of fatally shooting his…
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The conviction of a man for the murder of two Chicago police officers 40 years ago has been overturned by a Cook County judge.Judge William Hooks on…
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A trial attorney for imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says she's excited that President Donald Trump is considering commuting the…
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Graphic and industrial design students at the University of Illinois have created "immersive reality scenarios" to help prison inmates on the verge of…
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Convicted $54 million municipal embezzler Rita Crundwell has been transferred to a federal prison in her home state of Illinois.The 65-year-old former…
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A former White Sox groundskeeper will return to his old job after spending more than 20 years in prison on a wrongful conviction.DNA evidence last year…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation to change the climate for women in Illinois prisons.The measure Rauner signed at the Logan Correctional Center in…
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Lawyers for a transgender woman say Illinois' Department of Corrections has agreed to move her from her current male prison where she says she's suffered…